The halo is slipping

OK, remember the sweet angelic Baily in the Bluebells photo??? Well his true character is now coming out, and the halo has slipped!!!

Flower power

I was sent a lovely pic of baily (Farlap Crofter) in the bluebells by his owners.

Good news from Australia, where Cautious won Best baby Puppy in hound Group and was shortlisted for BPIS.
News in from mexico, and it looks like dog shows are getting back to normal after the Swine Flu pandemic. Farlap Curate has his first show at the national Show in mexico City soon, so fingers crossed for him!

Girls Day Out

The girls had a day out last week to visit their brother Harry. Poor Harry didnt know quite what had hit him at first as he is used to the quiet life, but after a few minutes he was sharing his toys and showing them all around his fields.

news from Down under!

Our puppy Shelly, who now lives in Australia, went to her first shows this weekend.
At Coffs harbour Show on Saturday she was best baby puppy in group, and also she won the baby Puppy sweepstakes. On Sunday she won Baby Puppy Group again.
Heres her first official show photo........needless to say Steve, his family, and me, are thrilled.

maternity leave is over - WELKS res CC

Logic had her first show today, since having the puppies 5 months ago, and won the reserve CC, so we were delighted with that. Still a bit of work to do to get all the bits back in trim (Logic, not me.....Im past the saving stage!!) but was really pleased to get her back in the ring and she was really enjoying her trip out .

Baby baily grows up!

Some new piccies of little "Baby baily" (Farlap Crofter) came as rather a shock as he seems to have grown up!! Here he is enjoying yet another trip to the coast, as well as a snooze from his position of authority at the top of the stairs!

Welsh choir

Heres The General, who lives in Wales, doing his impression of a Welsh male Voice Choir.......I expect it echos all around the mountains!

Tennant at School

Tennant had a trip to gundog training school yesterday, which started off well, but when he realised he was the only man amongst 6 ladies, his head went all fuzzy and he just couldnt concentrate. Every retrieve was a disaster as he rushed over to kiss the girls and forgot all about dummy training! Andrew is going to slip Bromide in his tea before the next lesson!
On a better note, he won Best of Breed and Best Puppy in breed at Cornwall Gundog, and here he is with his half sister Skarlat who was BOS,(note the glazed look on his face......he was in love again!). The next weekend he went to South Western Gundog Club, on his Birthday, and won BOB and BPIB AGAIN!! What a star.

Heres Harry!

Heres Harry (Farlap Constant)....and he seems to be completely taking over his new home!!!
It looks like his other bloodhound family have now accepted him in their homes and he is completely in charge of everyone!!

The great escape!!

At last the news we have been waiting for all month......Shelley (Farlap Cautious) is out of jail....well....out of quarantine anyhow!! Shes sailed thought it without a hitch and mostly thats down to the good folk at the Sydney station and to Steve and his family who dedicated themselves to so many visits and ensuring she was getting the very best of everything. Here she is, photographed today at her new home with Steve, Michelle, Shaylee and Michael, in the lovely Oz sunshine.

photos!

Like the proverbial Cobblers children....I never seem to get "show" pix of my own hounds unless I get a colleague to do some at a show for me!
I took C&C along to a small open show last weekend, where I was working, just so they could take in the dogs and the people and the show atmosphere. They really enjoyed all the attention and the sunshine, but best of all our dear friend John was there with his trusty camera, and he took some pix of the babies for me, with me standing them. Thanks John!
(Candle top and Cinnamon bottom) Cinnamon unfortunately was transfixed by where her sister was going without her, and so has her ears up high.......but not to worry!

Hello from Denmark

Well Heinrik has been on holiday.........here he is by the sea at Jutland, near Norway.......sea looks a bit cold!!!! Great to see how hes grown and look forward to some show and working trials results from him this year.

funny thing happened at the forum............

I belong to an online falconry forum and noticed a post about HWV so thought id take a look.....and there was a photo on there of a dog that could be Tennants twin brother! After a bit of investigation I discovered it was another of Brokks children so its great to see Tennants half sister is also a falconers dog. Im hoping to make contact and share info with the owner.

overseas news

Dominic is having a great time in his new home in Chihuahua....but despite having lots of other hounds to play with, his favourite place is in bed with Guillermo!!
Sheila (Now Shelly) is also settling in well although she still has 5 days in quarantine before she can finally go home with Steve and the family. They have visited her nearly every day and its amazing how well she has settled to her new life. here she is having a cuddle with Shaylee.

double trouble

The terrible twosome are inseperable and I am having to take them out individually just to get them used to spending time apart. Luckily for Tennant, they are more interested in playing together than in tormenting him and pulling his beard, a practice he disapproved of but was too polite to complain about. He can be seen here, patiently sitting and waiting for his quota of the attention.

All creatures great and small........

Finally a couple of rather shakey shots in the near dark (ran out of time yet again!) of the 2 pups! Cinnamon and "Auntie" Vivid at the top, and Candle and "Uncle bas" underneath.
Poor Cinnamon managed to get walked over by her Grandfather while I was at Crufts and after 2 vet visits and an xray, she has fractured 2 toes and is meant to be resting. How on earth do you rest a 16 week old puppy who wants to be a hooligan like her sister??
Buck has been flying free now for a week and has a rather varied taste, as 2 days ago he tried to catch a roe deer, which was slightly ambitious to say the least! After successfully chasing it off his land, he then caught a vole in the grass and seemed well pleased with himself despite the quarry being a little bit undersized!
I understand that there have been some complaints from "persons un-named" about the ABB website www.associationofbloodhoundbreeders.info not being updated. I am at a complete loss to know what exactly it is that this person wants to see on the website, as as far as I can tell, its completely up to date. However if they care to contact ME the website builder, and tell me what they would like to see on the website, then I would be delighted to oblige where I can.

missing dog....have you seen him somewhere?

Trying to help Shelley haggerwood find her beloved missing boy. Please look at her blog http://missingbraccojacob.blogspot.com/ and if you have any sighting anywhere, that may help then please contact her.

shes landed

Well our little "Sheila" has landed safely in Australia and apparently when she was let out of her travel crate she had the biggest pee ever, and her bedding was completely dry, so she had managed the whole 22 hours without a pee.....what a star she is. Im looking forward to some photos from Oz soon.
Im still at Crufts (day 3 and knackered) and the Bloodhound best of breed went to Helen and David Powells Ch. trailfinder Fortitude.....well done Forti! it was a well deserved win and he looked really good in the ring. Im glad I didnt enter this year having seen the rest of the judging.....however it was great to catch up briefly with lots of bloodhound folk I havent seen for a while.
its funny how you get chatting to folk you dont even know and you hear some of the advise they have been given ........well not so much funny as "worrying" and I can only hope we are not going to have "puppy farming" in our breed.....there are certainly some worrying things brought to my attention this week.

what a long day and a long week ahead. Today Farlap Cautious began her journey to her new home in Australia.....not quite on the "convict ship" but still an arduous trip for her. Shes in the very best hands though.
Im off to Crufts tomorrow to set up the studio, as Im working as part of the Accredited media team aas well as being the official photographer on the Skinners Dog Food stand......oh yes, and on standby for a translator (Czech) for the overseas guest lounge as well!! Please dont expect any sensible conversation from me by Sunday as I will be shattered! Im not showing this year, for the 1st time in as many years as I can recall.....i dont think Ill be missibg much based on previous experience with our breed judge. I just hope the best hound wins.......but......well....we will see!
Andrew is left at home in charge of all the hounds and menagerie.....he thought he was having 4 days holiday at home but lttle does he realise that the 2 pups alone are a full time job....I havent let on yet!!! Come and see me at the Skinners Dog Food stand if you get a chance and want to say Hi, and talk about hounds.

Tennant has to BUCK his ideas up!

Well Ive had several emails wanting to know who Tennants new hunting partner is....so I wont keep you in suspense a moment longer! Please meet "Buck"

he couldnt stay at his old home due to him probably being a partial imprint and therefore being rather vocal. However this isnt a problem for us here (he has a lot of hounds to match on the noise front!) and hes settling in well. hes a bit overweight to fly free just yet, but on the creances hes fine, and he even caught a mouse in the bushes today whilst on the Creance so showing plenty of potential!!! Tennant is a bit unsure and its unfortunate that our previous bird "Links" died before tennant had a chance to bond with him....it will be a lot harder now that tennant is nearly a year old, but Im hopeful it will work out and they will become firm allies in the pheasant catching team.